An Eye On eBay VHS: Volume #5

Welcome to Volume #5 of "An Eye On eBay". This volume covers auctions ending from June 1 to June 16 of 2013.

Lunch Meat (Tapeworm - slipcase - 1987)
Sold for $203.50.
This particular tape was in good condition with only minor edge wear, some light creasing, and a small tear in the top flap.

Lunch Meat (Monogram Entertainment/Tapeworm - slipcase)
Sold for $127.50.
This copy was in very good condition, with only minor edge wear.

Splatter Farm (Donna Michelle Productions - slipcase - 1990)
Sold for $191.38.
This tape was a former rental with some stickes on the cassette, and with some edge wear to the slipcase, but in good condition overall.

Streets of Death (Argosy Video - slipcase - 1987)
Sold for $114.49.
This tape was a former rental with rental store stickers on box and cassette. Case had a fair amount of edge wear and a tear on the spine.

An Eye On eBay VHS: Volume #4

Here's another edition of "An Eye on eBay". This edition covers auctions that ended from May 3 to May 30, 2013. The list is in order from highest to lowest price.

Bloodthirsty Butchers (Midnight Video-1982-big box) sold for $216.49. This copy was in overall good condition, with very slight fading to the front cover and some edge wear.

Attack of the Killer Refrigerator (Donna Michelle Productions-1990-slipcase) sold for $204.49. Tape was a former rental in great condition.

The Abomination (Donna Michelle Productions-slipcase) sold for $168.76. Tape was a former rental in very good condition.

Spine (Sterling Silver-1986-big box) sold for $154.49. Tape was in fairly good condition, with edge wear and creasing to the box.

Splatter Farm (Donna Michelle Productions-1990-slipcase) sold for $154.01. Tape was in very good condition.

The Man with 2 Heads (Midnight Video-1982-big box) sold for $132.50. This tape was in very good condition and showed no signs of being a rental.

Spine (Vultra Video-2012-large clamshell) sold for $110.50. This is the newer release by Vultra Video that was limited to just 30 copies and also came with a poster and stickers.

Amuck (Catalina Home Video-slipcase) sold for $89.00. This is a pretty rare one. This particular tape was a former rental with quite a bit of wear to the slip.

Microwave Massacre (Midnight Video-1983-big box) sold for $88.00. This tape was in very good condition, with just very minor edge wear and scuffing. 

An Eye On eBay VHS: Volume #3

Welcome to Volume #3 of An Eye On eBay. This edition covers auctions that ended between April 20 to April 27, 2013.

 Death of A Hooker (Video Gems - big box) sold for $112.49. This   was a sealed mint condition copy, which is why it sold for so much.

 

Cathy's Curse (Planet Video - 1982 - big box) sold for $102.50. An early distributor, Planet Video tapes are quite rare and collectable. This tape had the normal edge-wear plus a small tear on the bottom corner on the back of the box.

Things (Triworld Films Inc - 1990 - slipcase) sold for $93.26. Things is a very rare title and highly sought after among collectors. This tape was a previous rental with just minor edge-wear.

Blood Hunger (Even Steven Productions - 1987 - slipcase) sold for $81.00. This is another rare and sought after title. This particular tape was in very good condition.

The Eerie Midnight Horror Show (Planet Video - 1982 - big box) sold for $76.00. Here's another rare Planet Video tape from the early '80s. The box itself was intact, with a fair amount of wear and some light sun-fading.

Let's Play Dead (World Premiere Home Video - 1985 - big box) sold for $74.00. This is a pretty rare title that does not pop up that often. This particular tape was in very good condition.

The Next Victim (Thriller Video - 1986 - big box) sold for $74.00. This title is not extremely rare, but this particular copy was sealed and mint condition, which is definitely rare.

 



An Eye On eBay VHS: Volume #2

Welcome to Volume #2 of An Eye On eBay, where I provide an overview of recent VHS auctions that have ended on eBay. This will be an ongoing part of the blog, and will hopefully provide a log, for the benefit of myself and others, of the "going price" for the rarest VHS tapes on eBay - the "top shelf" tapes, so to speak. What I will be including on these lists will be the more high dollar tapes, since these are generally the rarer titles. While $50 is a good chunk of change, it's about the average range for semi-rare to rare tapes in "good" to "very good" condition. So for this and future postings in this series, I'm setting the price range from around $80.00 and up. And by the way, when I say rare, I mean RARE. People on eBay throw the word "rare" around too much, using it for everything from Microwave Massacre to Pulp Fiction. They also use "OOP" a lot; which is redundant since all VHS listings on eBay are out-of-print.

Inquisition (Video City Productions - 1984 - oversized clamshell) sold for $202.50. Video City tapes are pretty rare, and this Paul Naschy film is definitely one of the most sought after tapes from that distributor. This particular tape was a former rental but looked to be in really good condition with only minor sun-fade to the front cover.

Warlock Moon (Unicorn Video - early '80s - oversized clamshell) sold for $162.50. Another tape in high demand that does not show up that often on eBay. The film was directed by Bill Herbert in 1973 and did the drive-in circuit before hitting video shelves in the early '80s. This auction was a former rental, and judging from the picture looked to be in very good condition. As is the case with some VHS tapes from the early '80s, a Betamax label was used on the face of the tape.

Bloodthirsty Butchers (Midnight Video - 1982 - big box) sold for $91.00. In Volume #1 of An Eye On eBay there was a Torture Dungeon from Midnight Video that sold for $137.50 (from the same seller I believe). That tape had quite a bit more sun-fade to the front cover than this one, but other than that both looked to be in decent shape. This was a prior rental as well. Currently there's an auction going on for a sealed copy of The Man With 2 Heads Betamax on Midnight Video, so we'll see how that ends.

Last Orgy of the Third Reich (Video City Productions - 1985 - oversized clamshell) sold for $84.94. Here's another rare Video City tape of an Italian grindhouse "Nazisploitation" flick from 1977, directed by Cesare Canevari and also known as The Gestapo's Last Orgy. Does not come up for auction on eBay that often, hence the hefty closing bid. This tape was a former rental in good condition save for some very minor sun-fade.

Gore-Met Zombie Chef from Hell (Camp Video - 1987 - big box) sold for $80.01. This tape is always in demand, as evidenced in Volume #1 of An Eye On eBay where a copy sold for $122.50. This auction was for a very clean tape in excellent condition. I know because I had bid up to $78.00, and my mobile eBay app on my phone decided to glitch during the last few seconds of the auction when I was about to increase my bid to $85.00. Damn you eBay app! Oh well, one day you will be mine Zombie Chef!!

An Eye On eBay VHS: Volume #1

This post and others in the "An Eye On eBay VHS..." series will focus on Rare and desired VHS tape sales on eBay, just to give people an idea of the going prices for certain titles. Of course we're talking about eBay so that means these prices can get pretty high, due to demand for certain titles. You may be able to find these titles being sold directly from a collector for less, and of course you make be REAL lucky and find some of these titles at a thrift store, flea market, or yard sale for $0.50.

Alright tapeheads, in Volume #1 of "An Eye On eBay" we have five tapes that ended recently, and one of them is a "Holy Grail" for collectors, being one of the most desired tapes among VHS horror collectors...

 
Black Devil Doll from Hell (Hollywood Home Theater - 1984 - oversized clamshell), directed by Chester N. Turner, sold for a whopping $666.67! That's an insane figure, but ya gotta admit, for a movie about a DEVIL doll, it's an appropriate number! The only other tapes I can think of right now that have been up there with that figure are Last House on Dead End Street on the Sun Video label and Chester N. Turner's other movie, Tales from the Quadead Zone.

The House that Bled to Death (Thriller Video - 1985 - big box) sold for $164.37. It was a sealed mint copy, so this price is expected. I've seen previous rental copies with light sun-fade on the cover and average wear on the edges sell for $60 to $70. The Thriller Video Elvira tapes are not necessarily all that rare (being that they pop up quite often on eBay), but they're always in demand, so even well-worn copies (with intact boxes) sell for around $25 to $35 on eBay.



Torture Dungeon (Midnight Video - 1982 -big box) sold for $137.50. One of the most collectible distributors, Midnight Video tapes always command high prices, of course. This particular tape was a previous rental with stickers, heavy sun-fade on the front cover and edge-wear.



Gore-Met Zombie Chef From Hell (Camp Video - 1987 - big box) sold for $122.50. This is another in-demand title among collectors. It pops up from time-to-time on eBay. This particular one was a previous rental with just minimal wear to the front cover.

The Undertaker and His Pals (Massacre Video oversized clamshell) sold for $107.50. This tape was limited to 50 copies and came with stickers and an audio cassette tape. Massacre Video is one of what I call "The New Flesh" of VHS distributors, meaning a distributor releasing titles on VHS after the so-called "death of VHS" in 2006. Of course, the format never really died, and DIY micro-distributors like Massacre Video, Vultra Video, and a handful of others are still keeping the VHS torch lit.